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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 170
  • Number 2
  • February 2013

In This Issue

Perspectives

Editorials

Perspectives

Treatment in Psychiatry

Publication date: 01 February 2013

Pages146–151

Early and effective treatment in first-episode schizophrenia is associated with better outcomes. Evidence suggests that response is generally robust in a first antipsychotic trial, but a marked reduction in response rate is observed among patients for ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12060778

Perspectives

Images in Psychiatry

Perspectives

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 01 February 2013

Pages154–164

Objective Although tribes differ with regard to the use of alcohol and drugs, substance dependence is one of the primary sources of health problems facing Native Americans. General population studies have demonstrated that substance dependence has a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12010113

New Research

Articles

Publication date: 01 February 2013

Pages165–172

Objective A major barrier to developing treatments for negative symptoms has been measurement concerns with existing assessment tools. Fulfilling the top recommendation of the National Institute of Mental Health’s Consensus Development Conference on ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12010109

Publication date: 01 February 2013

Pages173–179

The low prevalence rates in three large community samples of children (0.8% to 3.3%) for the new proposed diagnosis of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder suggest that the diagnosis will not be extensively applied to children with normal behavior. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12010132

Publication date: 01 February 2013

Pages180–187

Total spending for patients with bipolar disorder or major depression did not change significantly after the 2001 implementation of insurance parity for mental health and substance use disorders in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. For a less ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12030392

Publication date: 01 February 2013

Pages188–196

In a survey of 1,006 community-dwelling adults ages 50 to 99, self-rated “successful aging” was surprisingly more common in the oldest respondents. Greater age was associated with worse physical and cognitive functioning but also with higher levels of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12030386

Publication date: 01 February 2013

Pages197–206

Objective Deficits in positive affect and their neural bases have been associated with major depression. However, whether reductions in positive affect result solely from an overall reduction in nucleus accumbens activity and fronto-striatal connectivity ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12010014

Publication date: 01 February 2013

Pages218–225

Objective The authors examined the effects of a collaborative care intervention for anxiety disorders in primary care on lower-income participants relative to those with higher incomes. They hypothesized that lower-income individuals would show less ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12030375

Communications and Updates

Letters to the Editor

Communications and Updates

Corrections

Other Items of Interest

Official Actions

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